Day Uno

The Lost Breeds made it to Spain!

We flew over on Iberia Airlines, which I had never heard of. Flight was decent enough, though it was on an airbus, and not a boeing so that means no tv at our seats. They only played one movie, "Tooth Fairy", which I did not watch. I also got stuck next to a really chatty girl for the entire ride. All I wanted to do was put on my ear buds and go to sleep, but everytime I tried, she started to strike up a conversation. Some people just don't get the hint!

I love how on transatlantic flights, they litteraly hit cruising altitude, serve dinner, turn off the lights for 2 hours, turn them on again, serve breakfast, and land. My body was not convinced it was morning.

We met up with Tim and Ryan in Barcelona with no problems, and from there we took a taxi to the Hostel. The Hostel is pretty nice, it's in a very central location on Av Diagaonl. Everyone staying here is friendly, though some are a bit socially awkward. We are staying in an 8 person dorm, all of us except Jed have the top bunk...he kind of lucked out. But the hostel has plenty of computers, free coffee and tea, and an acuoustic guitar playing manager. He played Jack Johnson for Ryan for like 20 minutes while Ryan sat awkwardly on a bean bag and listned.
But enough about our Hostel.

Barcelona is breaktaking! The archetechture is so cool, and Gaudi's inspiration is everywhere. The city is also a giant grid so it is really easy to navigate! We have only explored a litte so far, but it's seems every block or two we see something famous. The people seem really frendly, and everyone we have met speaks some English. Not that we need it too bad, Ryan and Tim are doing a pretty good job translating for us.

We got breakfast at a cafe and all of us got coffee, except Jed, who in typical Jed fashion, got a coke and a ham and cheese sandwich. From there we explored some more than went back to the hostel for a little bit of a siesta. When we woke up we talked to some other travelers who said everyone was going to the Primavera Sound festival. So after some discussion we decided to check it out too!

The ticket for the festival was about 90 Euros, but we decided to go for it anyway. The concert was held right on the coast, and we go to see some of favorite indie bands like The New Pornograhpers, Beach House, The Pixies, Wilco, Cold Cave, and Major Lazer. It was an awesome crowd, probably like 25,000 people, all enjoying the music. We all had a lot of fun, but I think it was defeinitly overpriced. The only thing that makes it okay was that I was at a major music festival in Barcelona, which is a once in a lifetime experience.

The concert ended at 6, but we left around 3, and got back around 4. We finally got some the sleep we all needed. The sleep was actually really good, though some of our dorm mates got in really late, and were kind of loud. But nothing that kept me awkae for too long! Well Tim and I woke up around 1, Jed and Ryan are still asleep.

I think I'll go wake them up!